Old Faithful And More

While not the largest geyser in Yellowstone, Old Faithful still puts on a show.  We were lucky enough to view it at an angle to see a beautiful rainbow!

I took this photo to give you an idea of the size of Old Faithful.  And this shot was toward the end of the eruption so the water is at about 2/3 the peak height.

We walked around the boardwalk area behind Old Faithful and got to see many more geysers and hot springs.  We enjoyed seeing how different they were.  Some looked like tiny volcanoes.

It was interesting to see how the different types of crust formed.

Earlier in the day, we had passed Great Fountain Geyser.  It had a 4-hour window for an eruption posted.  We had been told there were a couple of things to look for that would tell us that it would erupt within the hour.  After checking its status, we realized we had some time to kill.  So we visited Biscuit Basin.

We loved being able to see just how deep the springs are.  This is Sapphire Spring.  Thankfully, Vol Fan isn't height-challenged and was able to stretch out, holding the camera over his head to get this shot.

A fun little geyser is this one - Shell Spring.  It only erupts with this bubbling but when it is finished, the water quickly disappears, like someone flushed a toilet.

After a little more exploring, we were back to wait for Great Fountain Geyser to erupt.  Why were we willing to wait for hours to see it erupt?  It erupts to 220' - Old Faithful averages 150'.  So we waited....

And we waited....

And we waited...

And then the sun set...

And when it erupted, this is what we saw.

Even though our view of the eruption wasn't the best, the anticipation and watching the signs of the coming eruption was very exciting!